Meaning & use
Cornhusker
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A person, or machine, that strips the outer husks from ears of corn.
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Before mechanization, a cornhusker could strip hundreds of ears by hand in a single day.
The farm bought a mechanical cornhusker to speed up the harvest.
A note on using this word
The term also gave rise to "Cornhusker" as the nickname for residents of Nebraska and its state university's sports teams.
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